
India’s Evolving Partnerships
The Asia Chessboard
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India's Role in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
India joins IPEF Indo-Pacific Economic Framework but in terms of rulemaking it's like Croucho Marx's line any men's club that would accept me I wouldn't want to join. So you kind of need a patchwork of both inclusive geopolitically significant groupings which IPEF could be but also need some groupings that are like writing the rules for digital trade and stuff which this doesn't do. India brings a large population very young population so very very strong demographic picture going forward. Big powerful countries want to be close to India not just the US but the EU, Japan, Australia, Russia other than China a lot of big powerful countries with an open door around
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